2010-03-29 (first published: 2010-03-24)
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Scripts
Finding rows count in a table without Select...
Here is a one more very quick way to find row count for a table.
2010-03-26 (first published: 2010-03-23)
5,383 reads
Credit Card Number Validation Escalar Function
Evaluate credit card numbers based on ISO 2894 algorithm.
2010-03-24 (first published: 2010-03-17)
1,923 reads
Script to get Phonetic Pronunciation of a given password
This script displays Phonetic Pronunciation of a given password
2010-03-22 (first published: 2010-03-12)
1,391 reads
2010-03-17 (first published: 2010-03-04)
1,531 reads
EXECute SQL Commands over entire sets of parameters!
A super-powered EXEC on steroids, the Power Tool every DBA wants for Christmas.
2010-03-16 (first published: 2010-03-04)
2,930 reads
Unused Objects in the Server
This Script is used to List out the objects lying in the box which were un used from the day of the sql server recycled.
2010-03-09 (first published: 2010-02-18)
1,922 reads
ServerProperty query with case function
Returns all properties from ServerProperty, also has a case function for EditionID and EngineEdition.
2010-03-08 (first published: 2010-02-18)
1,373 reads
Fix users for SQL 7 thru 2008
This script will either reoprt or 'fix' lost or orphaned users after restore for all versions of SQL.
2010-02-24 (first published: 2010-02-04)
2,254 reads
See the compile time
Useful if you think a SQL statement, Function, or SPROC is taking too long to compile.
2010-02-23 (first published: 2010-02-04)
971 reads
Blogs
No Shortcuts for the SQLCMD Batch Terminator: #SQLNewBlogger
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AgentDBA vs Critical SQL Server
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Question of the Day
Detecting Characters
I have a SQL Server 2022 English default installation on a server. I want to detect if there are any upper case characters in rows and I have this code:
SELECT CustomerNameID,
CustomerName
FROM dbo.CustomerName
WHERE CustomerName = LOWER(CustomerName)
Here is the sample data I am testing with:
CustomerNameID CustomerName 1 John Smith 2 Sarah Johnson 3 MICHAEL WILLIAMS 4 JENNIFER BROWN 5 david jones 6 emily davis 7 Robert Miller 8 LISA WILSON 9 christopher moore 10 Amanda TaylorHow many rows are returned? See possible answers